Tag: meditation

What is your DSP?

What is your Daily Spiritual Practice?

A quick read through a 5 – minute devotion?

Hurriedly read through the chapters in the “bible in a year” plan?

Answer questions in your bible study book, with the mindset of getting through more than getting a spiritual understanding out of it?

That third one can really trip me up. It does not matter, whether I am reading for personal study, preparing to lead a class, or for speaking at a conference, if I am stduying God’s word only to get through it…to find the right answers, I will fall short of getting God’s best out of it.

For me to get the best out of my observation and interpretation of Scripture, I must meditate on it.  A bible dictionary explains meditate this way – to muse on, consider, think on, i.e., ponder and so give serious consideration to information,

Today, I will spend hours mowing an overgrown yard, as I do I will be meditating… img_5764pondering what I have studied this morning. Oh and probably asking Siri to take some notes for me.

I challenge you to take some time to meditate on that devotion you just read or those chapters from your “bible in a year” plan. Likely, you will need to turn off the TV, your music, and silence your  electronic device. But I promise it will be worth it as you invite the Holy Spirit to guide you to a deeper understanding in what you have read.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be acceptable in Your sight,

O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14

Is Spiritual Meditation the same as Biblical Meditation??

meditation-2-800x354Are you confused about meditation?

As I read about spiritual meditation I notice the use of the terms God and Holy Spirit in a way that sounds good and maybe even godly.   One article works the reader through a series of steps from centering self to focusing on “God” and the spirit within, to repeating a phrase, to using your imagination to “picture an inner  vision” and finally to the suggestion to buy their CD to help you benefit more.

Is this what David meant when he spoke of meditating in his heart and being still (Psalm 4:4)?

Is the spiritual meditation that is being taught today the same as biblical meditation?

I have studied biblical meditation and even taught on it some. But this past weekend I was challenged to look at biblical meditation in a different way.  Well, maybe not different, as much as simpler.  The suggestion was made to meditate on less for longer.   For example, take the two word verse–Rejoice always (1 Thess 5:16) and meditate on it for several weeks.             

How would “rejoicing always” affect my relationship with God and others?

What would my life look like if I “rejoiced always”?              

In just a few days of doing this I have had to rethink my reactions to a difficult situation.  I encourage you to join me in this challenge to meditate on “rejoice always”.  I would love to heard how this impacts your life.

Sherry